The best solution is to take them yourself. That way you know you’re sharing an original image that’s not copyrighted by someone else and there’s no cost to you (besides your time). But that’s not always possible or practical.

There are a number of inexpensive stockphoto sites, but if you want to include images in a blog that’s not generating any revenue, even a buck an image may be too high. So here are

Thank you, Paul Steinbeck! Even though, for about a couple of months, I have used images (from MorgueFile or sometimes my own), I still don't get much engagement at either at my blogs, even my more established one. I let my readers know that I care about them, their comments and their feedback, but apparently not in a way that encourages them to interact.

I'm just getting familiar with MorgueFile myself, and it seems like another good place for free stock images.

As for getting engagement on blogs, I think it's becoming more and more difficult as there are more blogs online to choose from and as social media seems to be taking some of the interaction away from blogs. My suggestion would be to go to where your target audience already is – comment on similar blogs and participate in groups related to the content of your blog. As you build relationships with people there, they will be more inclined to comment and discuss things with you on your blog.

Hi Paul,
Thank you for the resources, and I’ve bookmarked this page to get back to them quickly for future posts.

Another great resource for pictures is pixabay.com. Up till now, I’ve been using their pictures for virtually all of my posts, and usually use 4-6 per page (depending on the length of the post). Thousands of options in there without any signup.

But there’s been plenty of times that I couldn’t find that perfect pic to reflect what I was writing about, so I look forward to experimenting with the 5 listed!
Thanks for the info & God bless!
Brian

Aha! Great post Paul! I didn’t find this page cause it was posted in 2013, thank you for the 5 sites you shared me Paul 🙂 From now on, I have the free images source 🙂 Amazing~ Thank you Paul, this kind of articles and posts are very useful 🙂